Cyclone Dust Collector Layout for Simultaneous Clean Emptying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vacuum cleaners face challenges in providing users with convenience during the dust discharging process, as they often scatter dust or require complex procedures, and current solutions do not effectively separate and discharge large dust and fine dust simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A dust collector with a first and second dust storing unit, where large dust and fine dust are collected separately and compressed using a compression device, allowing for simultaneous discharge through a lower cover part that opens both units in the same direction, preventing scattering and simplifying the discharge process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If dust is discharged from a single dust container, then the discharge process is simple, but dust and fine dust scatter during discharge
Solution Approach 1:
The dust container is divided into two separate storage units: a first dust storing unit for collecting dust and a second dust storing unit for collecting fine dust. Each unit has its own discharge opening, allowing controlled discharge of different dust types separately, preventing scattering while maintaining operational simplicity.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If dust and fine dust are collected separately in different units, then dust scattering is prevented, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The second dust storing unit is disposed inside the first dust storing unit in a nested configuration. Both units share a common discharge opening at the bottom, allowing separate collection of dust and fine dust while maintaining a compact overall structure and avoiding excessive complexity.
3Ease of operation
If a compression device is added to compress dust, then dust discharge convenience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The compression device is configured to compress dust in both the first dust storing unit and the second dust storing unit through a single mechanism. This multi-functional design improves dust discharge convenience for both dust types while avoiding the complexity of having separate compression devices for each unit.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables efficient and convenient simultaneous discharge of collected dust and fine dust, reducing the likelihood of scattering and simplifying the user's experience by compressing and guiding the dust for easy disposal.
Implementation Method 1
a first dust storing unit formed in a hollow cylindrical shape between an inner circumferential surface of a first dust container and an outer circumferential surface of a second dust container located in the first dust container, and configured to collect dust firstly-separated from air by a first cyclone
Implementation Method 2
a second dust storing unit disposed to be surrounded by the first dust storing unit, and configured to collect fine dust secondly-separated from the air by second cyclones, located above the first cyclone
Implementation Method 3
a compression device that is at least partly rotatably, and configured to reciprocatingly rotate along the outer circumferential surface of the second dust container to compress the dust collected in the first dust storing unit
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AI summary
A dust collector disclosed herein includes a first dust storing unit to collect dust firstly-separated from air by a first cyclone, a second dust storing unit to collect fine dust secondly-separated from the air by second cyclones located above the first cyclone, a lower cover part coupled to a first dust container to form a bottom surface of the first dust storing unit and the second dust storing unit, and rotatable based on the hinge to simultaneously open the first and second dust storing units, such that the dust and the fine dust are simultaneously discharged, and a compression device rotatably connected to the lower cover part so as to rotate in a reciprocating manner to compress the dust collected in the first dust storing unit.